DRDO has transferred the Bio-Toilets technology to approximately 60 industries all over the country. These industries have installed bio-digesters across the country.
- The major features of bio-toilet developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are as under:
- It makes use of an anaerobic (without oxygen) process through which the human waste is digested by consortium of bacteria.
- Bio-toilet has been customized and different designs have been developed for use under different geo-climatic conditions.
The Cow dung is used for the enrichment bacterial consortium. Following four types of bacteria are present in the consortium:
- Hydrolase,
- Acidogenase,
- Acitogenase and
- Methogens.
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